Antique Sea Chart
CARTE DU CANAL DE S. GEORGES
OU MER D'IRLANDE
Copiee sur celle du Pilote Costier de la Grande Bretagne de Greenville Collins
by Greenville Collins
Published by Jacques Bellin, Paris 1757 in;
"Carte et Plans de plusiers parties des cotes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande,
copiees sur celles du Pilote Cotier de la Grande Bretagne, de Greenville Collins"
An original 18th century copper engraved antique sea chart of St.George's Channel in the Irish Sea from a French edition of Greenville Collins' "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot".
Scarce.
Enhanced with very attractive later hand colouring this would make a handsome map for display.
A fascinating and detailed sea chart covering the coast of Ireland from Kinsale and Cork northwards through Waterford and Dublin to Carrickfergus.
The coast of England is covered from The Scilly Isles and Land's End northwards along the Cornwall and Devon coasts to Barnstaple and the Bristol Channel.
The whole coast of Wales is covered from Cardiff through Haverford and Anglesey to Colwyn Bay.
The English coast continues through Lancashire and Cumbria and the Isle of Man to the Mull of Galloway in Scotland.
A crisp dark impression on robust hand laid paper, with central fold as issued, blank verso.
Fine condition other than minor age blemishes and some very faint toning along the original centre fold. Free of repairs or restoration.
Approx. 24" x 19" (610mm x 490mm) overall.
Captain Greenville Collins first published his Coasting Pilot in 1693. His fine charts transformed navigation around the British coasts and were re-published in various editions for the next 100 years or so. They remained largely unchanged throughout this time as testament to Collins original surveys aboard HMS Merlin and HMS Monmouth.
The timing of this edition by Jacques Bellin, (chief cartographer to the French navy) was highly appropriate at the height of the Seven Years War in 1757.
It equipped the French navy with the means to execute its planned invasion of Britain.
A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 260 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS
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